Hose-supporter.



Patented July 30, 1918.

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Application filed'october 17,1917. Serial no.'197,o25

T0 alluhom it may concern: r

Be it known that I, ALBERT MONROE W11.-

SON, a citizen of the United States, and a i residentof Cherokee, in the county of Cherokee and State of Iowa, have invented a new and'improved Hose-Supporter, of which the following is a full,'clear, and exact description. 2

The invention relatesto hose'supporters such as shown and described in the Letters Patent of the United States,- No. 755,979,

" granted'to me March 29,1904; A

The object of the present invention is to: provide a newand'improved hose supporter 7 arranged forsupport' from the shoulders of the wearer thus relievingthe nether. .gar-

ment's, corset or the like, of'all'undue strain, at the same time-insuring the desired ease' and comfort tothe wearerespeciallyiwhen bending the body orexercising the limbs. i

A further object is toprevent undue strain on the hose. H

In order to accomplish the-desired result, use is made of a shoulder supportfacord having its ends connected with the back of the said shoulder support, a supporting guide for the front of the cord to runin and connected with the front of the said shoulder support to form the cord into separate depending side loops, and strap guides 1for the hose straps running freely in the said oops. 1

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part'of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a front perspective view of the hose supporter as applied;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the hose supporter;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged face view of a por- 'C-lOl of the back yoke of the shoulder straps; an

Fig. 4 is a cross section of the same on the line 44 of Fig. 3.

The hose supporter is supported on the shoulders of the wearer as indicated in Fig.

1, and for this purpose use is made of a shoulder support formed by shoulder straps 10 and 11 terminating at the back in a connecting member 12 to form a square back yoke. The front ends of the shoulder straps 10 and 11 are connected with each other by stitches 13 or other fastening means which are also used to attach a depending strap 14 Specification of Letters Patent,

. Patented July so, 1918.

to the 'front connected ends of the shoulder J straps 10 and 11. Acord 15 has its ends attached to w the baekjyoke' of a the shoulder straps 10 and 11, preferably at the junc- J tion of the rear ends of the straps 10 and. 11 with the connecting member 12,. and the front of'the cord'15v runs freely in 'a 'sup-.

porting guide 16 attached to a' strapa l'l attached to a buckle18 held adjustably on the lower'portion of the front strap 14. By

the arrangement described the cord; 15. is formed into depending side loops120: and21 engaged 'by strap vguides122 and'23 running freely in'thesaid loops and carryingsstraps 24 and 25 terminating in suitableifastene'rs 26,27 connected with the stockings on the wearers' legs, as plainly indicated-iii Fig. {1; It Willjbei noticed that by. the arrangement described the cord 15 is free to.slidel'in, the supporting guide 16 and thestrapguides "sidewise to perfectly equalize the strain incident to the wearer bending the body or exercising the limbs, thus insuring the V 22, 23- are free to slide on'the'separate loops I greatest ease and comfort to the wearer. It 7 is understood that when the cord slides in the supporting guide 16 on the wearer bending the body then one'loop 20'is increased while the other loop 21 is correspondingly decreased, thus readlly compensating for the movement of the body.

The shoulder straps 10 and 11 and the connecting member 12 may be formed of one single piece of strap material and in this case the portion of the piece at the junction of the rear ends of the straps 10 and 11 wlth the connecting member 12 is folded and the folds are fastened together by stitches with the corresponding end of the cord 15 exto Figs. 3 and 4.

Although th's construction simplifies the manufacture of the hose supporter and is.

claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent I V 1. A hose supporter, comprlslng a shoulder support having a square back yoke and.

a V front, a cord having its ends rigidly connected with the corners of the said back yoke of the saidshoulder support, a suptending into and sewed in one of the folds, as will be readily understood by reference porting guide for the front of the cord to run in and connected with the apex of the said front of the said shoulder support to form the cord into separate depending side loops, and strap guides for the hose straps, running freely in the said loops.

2. A hose supporter, comprising shoulder straps connected withv each other at the front and at the back, a cord having its ends spaced and rigidly fixed to the shoulder straps at the back thereof, a supporting guide for the front of the cord to run in and held on the front of the shoulder straps at the median line thereof to'form the cord into separate depending side loops, and strap guides for the hose straps running freely in the said loops.

3. A hose supporter, comprising shoulder straps having a square back yoke, a V front and a front strap depending from the apex of the said V front, a supportingguideheld on the said front strap, a cord rigidly attached at its ends tothe corners of the said back yoke and running freely in the said supportingguide, the cord being formed into depending side loops and strap guides for the hose straps, running freely in thesaid loops.

4:. A hose supporter, comprising shoulder V Straps terminating at the back in a connecting strap to form a square back yoke, the said shoulder straps being connected with each other at the front, a front strap depending froin the front terminal of the shoulder straps, a' supporting guide attached to the lower end of the said front strap, a cord rigidly connected at its spaced ends with the said back yoke and running freely in the said supporting guide to form the cord into side loops, and-hose straps provided With strap guides-running freely in the loops.

- 5. A hose supporter, comprising shoulder straps terminating at the back in an integral connecting strap to form a square back yoke,

the said shoulder straps having their front portions converging and the ends connected with each other to form a V-shaped front, a front strap depending from the apex of the said iV-shaped front of the shoulder straps, a supporting guide attached to the lower end of the said frontstrap, a cord rigidly connected at its spaced ends With the said a back yoke at the corners thereof and running freely in the said supporting guide to form. the cord into side loops, and hose straps provided with strap guides running freely in the said side loops.

I ALBERT MONROE. WILSON.

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